Research

Current projects undertaken on the Lincoln University Dairy Farm:

1. Environmental research.
2. Effects of ‘eco-n’ on nitrate leaching and pasture production
3. Pest and weed monitoring.
4. IMBADA Camera Technology for dairy farms.
5. The role of nutrition in lameness in Canterbury.
6. Rumen function studies.
7. Real-time, on-line monitoring for animal health and environmental impact.
8. Monitoring clover root weevil establishment and build up.
9. Calibration of the C-Dax rapid pasture meter for all New Zealand.
10. Pasture mass assessment by radar imagery - proof of concept.
11. Pasture mass assessment by satellite - testing of the Waikato algorithm on irrigated Canterbury pastures.
12. Measuring source and fate of agricultural nitrate: a dual-isotope approach.

1. The effect of fertilisers and other farm inputs on groundwater.
2. 10 groundwater monitoring wells sunk to monitor and manage the effect of fertiliser, grazing, irrigation and effluent inputs over a variety of contrasting soil types.
3. Effects of 'eco-n' on nitrate leaching and pasture production.
4. Monitoring pasture growth, pests and weeds monitoring.
5. The role of nutrition on lameness in Canterbury.
6. Real-time, on-line monitoring for animal health and environmental impact monitoring.
7. Resource inventory and greenhouse gas footprint.